---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Wallkill to adopt hotel or motel tax of up to 5%"
description: "Relates to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8064"
citation: "New York S 8064 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-16"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ef2f40-6c87-43ef-90ab-ba49fb928d7b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8064"
source_hash: "9b913e0eedfd3efa0556aa17082e3778edc57bb6636c71db8bdf407d70596225"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8064 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the town of Wallkill to adopt hotel or motel tax of up to 5%

Relates to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8064&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **106–35** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **41–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-16** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.987
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10588
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.332
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ef2f40-6c87-43ef-90ab-ba49fb928d7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).